Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the case studies of communities’ understandings of natural disasters in Aceh Province, Indonesia, where a number of cultures and traditions which belong to the ancestral heritage continue to be used in a more modern context. Design/methodology/approach This research used a qualitative descriptive research paradigm in which the researcher attempted to describe or construct in-depth interview results for the research objects. The interviews were conducted in six disaster-prone areas in Aceh, i.e. Simeulue, Central Aceh, Aceh Tamiang, Pidie Jaya, North Aceh and dan Pidie. The interviewees were the informants in this research, which included traditional leaders, religious leaders, community leaders, headmen, youth figures and disaster victims. The technique for determining informants was through purposive sampling in which the sample is specified based on the need of the research. Findings Majority of the people in Aceh, especially those who live in earthquake- and tsunami-prone areas still practice this form of knowledge, as they have already realized that it makes a significant contribution to emergency management. They typically used their traditional knowledge to understand both the nature of local hazards and the risk reduction mechanism related to response mechanisms. In some events, they also used it as an alternative to recovery phase according to past information and experiences. This paper will discuss the contribution of traditional knowledge to emergency management by presenting some specific cases of indigenous stories in Aceh. The stories not only served as an early warning system but also can be used to develop more effective disaster risk reduction programmes to improve community awareness to deal with future threats. Originality/value On Simeulue Island, most of the indigenous people already possess the knowledge and value systems inherited through the generations, as a form of local wisdom “called smong” when encountering earthquakes and tsunamis. Beside smong, there is still considerable amount of other similar indigenous knowledge that originated amid traditional people, especially in rural areas, in Aceh. Thus, this paper attempts to identify the knowledge and its representation in the implementation of disaster mitigation efforts in Aceh.

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减灾过程中的土著知识表示：印度尼西亚亚齐省社区对自然灾害的理解研究

目的本文的目的是探讨印度尼西亚亚齐省社区对自然灾害的理解的案例研究，在这里，属于祖传遗产的许多文化和传统继续在更现代的环境中使用。设计/方法/方法这项研究使用了定性的描述性研究范式，研究人员试图描述或构建针对研究对象的深入访谈结果。采访是在亚齐的六个灾害多发地区进行的，即Simeulue，中亚齐，亚齐塔米昂，皮迪亚亚，北亚齐和丹皮迪。受访者是这项研究的参与者，包括传统领导人，宗教领袖，社区领袖，领袖，青年人物和灾难受害者。确定举报人的技术是通过有目的的抽样，其中根据研究的需要指定样本。结果亚齐的大多数人，尤其是地震和海啸多发地区的人们仍然在实践这种形式的知识，因为他们已经意识到，它对应急管理做出了重大贡献。他们通常使用传统知识来了解本地危害的性质和与应对机制相关的风险降低机制。在某些情况下，根据过去的信息和经验，他们还使用它作为恢复阶段的替代方法。本文将通过介绍亚齐省土著故事的一些具体案例，讨论传统知识对应急管理的贡献。这些故事不仅可以作为预警系统，还可以用于制定更有效的减少灾害风险计划，以提高社区对付未来威胁的意识。原创性/价值在锡穆卢岛上，大多数土著人民已经拥有了几代人所继承的知识和价值体系，作为当地智慧的一种形式，在遇到地震和海啸时被称为“ smong”。除了smong，在亚齐省，尤其是在农村地区，还有相当数量的其他类似的土著知识起源于传统人群。因此，本文试图确定在亚齐省实施减灾工作中的知识及其代表。